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'A Coffee in Berlin' percolates with slacker charm
Niko, a German twenty-something, is like many twenty-somethings everywhere. No job, no money and certainly no prospects to improve his foreseeable future. He has nothing but, he still gets by with an...
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'Life After Beth' bites off more than it can chew
"Boy Eats Girl" and "My Boyfriend's Back" are romantic Comedies with horrific sensibilities, where a loved one returns from the grave but, still wants to maintain his current relationship. "Life After...
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New indie DVDs for October 21
Cooler temperatures may keep you inside but, that doesn't have to be a bad thing. Especially, if you enjoy movies because there are a slew of releases out now to watch on the old TV for the third...
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'Zombeavers' gets busy with goofs and gore
Forget those good but, grim Horror movies, like "The Exorcist", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Nightmare on Elm Street". "Zombeavers", a brand new so bad, it's good movie, is the...
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New indie DVDs for October 28
Funny, you would think that a few days away from Halloween there would be a bunch of spooky movies arriving on home video. Well, there are one or two but, most of this week's releases have more in...
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13 frightful flicks for Halloween '14
New movies scare some people. Not me, I get excited with the prospect of discovering something good no one else knows about, much less has heard of. To prove this point more completely, here's a list...
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'A Five Star Life' of luxury isn't easy to live
Forty-something, attractive and unattached, Irene (the fetching Italian actress Margherita Buy) lives a life of luxury as a mystery guest rating Europe's best hotels. Carefully inspecting her splendid...
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Best of the Three Rivers Film Fest '14
For anyone whose attended the Three Rivers Film Fest before probably already knows the delight of seeing movies you wouldn't normally watch in local theaters. For those that don't; it's truly...
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'Listen Up Philip' literally makes being insufferable a new art form
Egotistical, neurotic, selfish, aloof, narcissistic and of course, insufferable. Writers have a lot of words to describe bad behavior. But, what if you live a life of bad behavior to foster your...
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War is Hell: Horror movies with a military theme
You don't have to be a veteran of our armed forces to know that war is Hell, and what would be a better way to illustrate it than on film. Military-themed movies with horrific messages have been...
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'Why Don't You Play in Hell?' mocks mature moviemaking
'Why Don't You Play In Hell?', the wild, new release from Drafthouse Films, is an outrageous, decadent, dizzying homage to all things cinematic. Mocking so-called mature films to churn out one damn...
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'The Strange Little Cat' eeks out a simple, sublime life
Something seems amiss for a German family that is having a gathering in a cramped apartment in the gentle Foreign Drama "The Strange Little Cat", now playing as part of the Three Rivers Film Fest. A...
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Mandatory service leaves these women with 'Zero Motivation'
Most times in movies you don't see women in the armed services, or if you do they are always on the sidelines, like say "Zero Dark Thirty", or they enlisted under duress, see "Private Benjamin...
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The 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees are announced
The Film Independent Spirit Awards, the precursor to the Oscars, celebrates its thirtieth year in existence with an announcement of nominees for the very best in Cinema outside the masses and the...
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'Fifi Howls from Happiness' at the powers that be
Bahman Mohassess, a historical figure in his homeland of Iran, a revered and prominent gay artist that contested his government's strict rule while his work was commissioned by them. His whereabouts...
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Marijuana isn't just reformed in 'Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It'
Fans of the long running Canadian T.V. series and related films, the Trailer Park Boys, will have reason to drink up and smoke out when they hear that it's now available on DVD and Blu-Ray...
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'The Babadook' scares up childhood fears
If I wrote something about childhood fears you as the reader might assume that this movie review is going to chronicle the fears of a child. The fears of a monster hiding under the bed or in the...
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Best indie movies of 2014
A new year's day can be highlighted by last year's favorites. That being the case, this Pittsburgh Indie Movie Examiner is happy to announce the picks for the best Indie Movies of 2014 (in...
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Get batty with 'What We Do in the Shadows'
"What We Do In The Shadows", a mocking Comedy of vampiric Horror is now available on Import DVD from Australia and set to hit theaters someday soon stateside. A Kickstarter campaign is in the works if...
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New indie DVDs for January 27
Most movie examiners will write about the popular (but, not always good) releases for January 27th, like say Brad Pitt in "Fury" or Robert Downey Jr. in "The Judge". Well not this Pittsburgh Indie...
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